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Home › Hardware › Archive for Touchscreens

Category: Touchscreens

Wonderware

By Frank Posted on April 26, 2015 Posted in Controls Design, Software & Programming, Touchscreens, Vendors and Manufacturers No Comments Tagged with , HMIInTouchInvensysMESSCADASchneidersoftwareWonderware

As many of you know from reading this blog, I spend about 40% of my time teaching software programming classes for Automation Training, a Canadian company. I started out teaching the Allen-Bradley SLC and ControlLogix platforms and Siemens Step 7 …

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SCADA and HMIs

By Frank Posted on January 13, 2015 Posted in Software & Programming, Touchscreens No Comments Tagged with , HMISCADA

I often get asked when teaching my Siemens and Allen-Bradley classes the difference between SCADA systems and HMIs. While there can be some overlap, especially now with enhanced HMI capabilities on CE computers or thin clients, there are some fairly …

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Batching

By Frank Posted on March 4, 2012 Posted in Process, Touchscreens No Comments Tagged with , batchingload cellMaple Systemsprocess

Batching refers to a number of different techniques related to the automation world including the creation of an object stage by stage over a series of workstations or the execution of a series of jobs or programs on a computer …

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HMI and Touchscreen Technology

By Frank Posted on October 30, 2011 Posted in Touchscreens No Comments Tagged with , HMItouchscreens

During the process of specifying HMI hardware for my current project some fairly deep discussions were had concerning touchscreen technology. One part of the specification stated “No SAW or APR touchscreens”. Why would you want to avoid these in an …

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